texas performing arts

As part of our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, KLRU has teamed up with our friends at Texas Performing Arts to present Sphinx Virtuosi with Catalyst Quartet in concert. The event takes place Thursday, October 2 at 8 pm at Bass Concert Hall.

Enjoy an evening of classical music with the critically acclaimed Catalyst Quartet and the Sphinx Virtuosi orchestra. Comprised of alumni from the internationally renowned Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players, the Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic 18-piece conductorless orchestra that works to advance diversity in classical music while engaging young audiences. According to The Washington Post, “the Virtuosi’s playing combined zest, attention to detail, tight ensemble and glistening or deeply amorous tone quality,” and the Chicago Sun Times hailed the orchestra as “a top-notch ensemble, tightly woven sound and palpable zest.”

This program is presented in partnership with KLRU’s Hispanic Heritage Month programming and the Butler School of Music String Project.

Our friends at Texas Performing Arts are pleased to present the world premiere engagement of BASETRACK, a gripping theatrical production that confronts the complex truths and ambiguities of the modern military experience. The event takes place September 11-13 at 8 pm at the McCullough Theatre. Live music, film and a cascade of images from independent photojournalists in Afghanistan punctuate a performance drawn from genuine social media exchanges and interviews, immersing audiences in the experiences of contemporary military service personnel and their families. KLRU Members receive 15% OFF on Friday and Saturday night tickets! Visit bit.ly/BASETRACK and enter the code MARINES for the discount.

UPDATE: Congratulations to our winners! All winners have been contacted by email

KLRU will air Max Raabe and The Palast Orchester: Tonight or Never Sunday, Feb. 19, at 5 pm. Raabe will perform live in Austin on Sunday, February 26, at 7 pm at the Bass Concert Hall. Our friends at Texas Performing Arts have given KLRU tickets to this show to share with our members and fans. Post a comment on this blog post by Feb. 20th and we’ll choose winners to receive two tickets each.

Berlin Nocturne
Sunday, February 26, at 7 pm
at the Bass Concert HallBuy tickets now
Step into the streets of nocturnal Berlin with charismatic German cabaret crooner Max Raabe and his 12-piece big band ensemble Palast Orchester. Since 1986, Raabe and Palast Orchester have transported audiences to Berlin’s Weimar-era cabaret scene of the 1920s and early ’30s with nostalgic renditions of Cole Porter and George Gershwin—and cabaret-style parodies of Britney Spears and Tom Jones. The evening is filled with romantic melodies such as “Leben ohne Liebe kannst du nicht” ( “You Can’t Live Without Love”), big band arrangements of standards like “Amapola”, and a variety of classics like “Sie Sind mir so sympathisch” (“I Find You So Sympatico”). Slick, nostalgic, and unmistakably modern, their performances are executed with uncanny precision, drama, and humor.

Max Raabe and The Palast Orchester: Tonight or Never
Sunday, Feb. 19, at 5 pm on KLRU
The music of Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester speaks for itself. For the most part, the songs were written during the en dof the Weimar Republic, and during this experimental and contradictory time composers such as Friedrich Hollaender, Kurt Weill, Walter Jurmann and many others penned their melodies.